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Two famous comedians from pre-Revolution days perform a series of sketches in a theatre for a group of Party cadres. The stage performances blend over into absurdist, self-contained fantasy episodes where the two comics allegorically parody Party propaganda and ideological orthodoxy.
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At a glance
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Audiences 69GoodWatch 75
IMDb6.9
Running time
1 h 20 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 comedies, −20 min on the typical 100
typical 10080Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Released
1957
September 1, 1957
69 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaLanguage
Chinese
Original language
Made in
China
17 of 17
Han Lan-GenLangen Han
Xiucen YinXiucen Yin
Tai LuoDirector Li
Fang HuaHua Fang
Manyi SuYan Lan
Xiping NingMother
Qinzhen ZhangXiao Mo
Bai MeiAunt
Huang YanSao Er
Yumei WuShi Fu
Yuling MaFemale reporter
Yan JieFat passenger
Lan LanFemale classmate A
Fengxia DuFemale classmate B
Min LuFemale classmate C
Ping GaoWatchmen
Jianfu HouMovie actor
Directing · 2
Camera · 1
- Hui Zhang Director of Photography
Sound · 3
- Yutian Zhang Original Music Composer
- Ma Lin Conductor
- Jianping Zhang Sound
Art · 1
- Wei Xu Art Direction
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